Paris Cooperative High School

Paris Cooperative High School is located in Paris, Illinois. The school mascot is the tiger and its colors are orange and black.

Paris Cooperative High School
Location
309 S. Main St., Paris, Illinois
Information
Color(s)Orange and black
MascotTigers
RivalMarshall High School
Paris Cooperative High School
Coordinates39°36′32″N 87°41′42″W
Built1909 (1909)
ArchitectArthur L. Pillsbury; Berger and Kelley
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.100003647[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 2019

On July 1, 2009, the renamed Paris Cooperative High School (formerly Paris High School) became the first cooperative high school in the state of Illinois.[2][3] Paris High School is accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), and accreditation division of AdvancED.[4]

History

The first public high school in Paris opened in 1869. The high school shared a building with one of the city's grade schools until 1909, when the city built a dedicated high school building. Architect Arthur L. Pillsbury of Bloomington designed the building in the Classical Revival style; his design included a two-story portico at the main entrance, stone and terra cotta arched doorways, quoins at the corners, and a dentillated cornice. The school's sports teams saw statewide success in the late 1930s, and as a result, the city built a new gymnasium for the school. Architects Berger and Kelley of Champaign designed the gym in the Streamline Moderne style. The gym was dedicated to longtime school basketball coach Ernie Eveland, who led the team to its early successes, in 1940.[5]

The high school celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2009.[6] On May 29, 2015, Paris Cooperative High School left its original building for a new location.[7] The original building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 2019.[1]

Notable students

References
  1. "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/12/2019 Through 4/18/2019". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-09-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2009-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Institution Summary, AdvancED, Retrieved 2012-07-11
  5. Barnhart, Rachel (December 2018). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Paris High School and Gymnasium" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-09-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Paris High School campus dedicated | The Prairie Press | Paris newspaper | Edgar County newspaper". www.prairiepress.net. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22.

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